Europe under strain: political extremism aspects

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A "broad brush" commentary by RUSI's Raffaello Pantucci; sub-titled 'Rightwing extremists are a grave danger in themselves, let alone when you factor in their influence on mainstream politics, and on terrorism':https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jun/28/brexit-europe-far-right-rightwing-extremists-politics-terrorism?

Those who have watched this will not be surprised by:

In the RUSI-led research, a particularly striking finding was that in about 40% of cases of far-right extremists, they were uncovered by chance – the individual managed to blow himself up or was discovered while authorities conducted another investigation. By contrast, around 80% of violent Islamist lone actors were discovered in intelligence-led operations – in other words, the authorities were looking for them.

In the UK the far right find a ready audience IMHO amongst, as the Home Secretary stated today:

There is still one in ten 18-24 year olds in the UK who are unemployed.

Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-37561035